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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,210, dated December 19, 1882.

' Application filed September 11, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID W. HUGHES, of Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the means and method, as hereinafter specified, for attaching'the blade of a hoe to the handle.

The accompanying drawings represent the improved implement and its details of structure, as follows: Figure 1, side view; Fig. 2, face view of blade; Fig. 3, face view of hoe complete; Fig. 4, side view, with blade in section and one clamp removed; Fig. 5, perspective view of one clamp and the stud; Fig. 6, sectional plan of hoe; Fig. 7, face view of one clamp. v

A is the handle; B, the blade; G, a hole through the blade; H, a stud put loosely through hole G from the front or face of the blade; F, ahead to stud H, seating against face of blade; I I, incline-faced ribs projecting sidewise from the shank of the stud H; O D, a pair of hollow clamps to receive the handle; K K, incline-faced ribs, formed inside clamps G and D to engage with ribs I of the stud; L L, forward end of clamps O and D, adapted to enter hole G in the blade and fill it sidewise; J J, forward end of clamps O and D, being at the top and bottom of the clamps, and shouldered back so as to impinge against the rear surface of the blade, instead of entering the hole G; E, a bolt through clamps and handle.

The forward end of the clamps, when united as shown, should be of such cross dimension as to fill hole Gr in the blade; but the vertical dimension should be such as to be somewhat greater than the vertical dimension of, the hole G. The top and bottom being shouldered, as at J, Fig. 7, permits the parts L' to enter the hole Gr, while the face of the shoulders J bear against the rear face of the blade.

When the parts are together the blade is clamped firmly between the head of the stud and the face of the shoulders J.

The act of tightening the bolt E draws the clamps tightly to the handle, and at the same time brings the inclines I and K into forcible engagement, whereby the stud is drawn inward with great power, thus firmly clamping the blade between the inner surface of the stud-head and the front surface of the shoulders J.

I claim as my invention- The combination, substantially as set forth, of aperforated hoeblade, a handle, a bolt, a central stud having inclines on its shank, and a pair of clamps having inclines adapted to engage with the iuclines on the stud, and having their front ends adapted to engage the hoeblade on its rear surface and sides of its perforation.

DAVID W. HUGHES. Witnesses:

J. W. SEE, NELsoN WILLIAMS. 

